MILLIANS: Braveheart goes to summer camp | Opinion | unionrecorder.com – The Union-Recorder

So let's set the scene.

I was selected to take a pack of Cubs Scouts to summer camp many years ago.

My wife was the den mother, but she elected to stay home in the air conditioning (it gets hotter n' heck in July even in Ohio) and appointed me to lead a group of nine boys for a week. My older son was a part of the group.

We arrived on Sunday afternoon, and by Monday, well, things were not going well. Here's what I wrote in a postcard to my wife and younger son:

"I got sick after taking the swimming test (thank goodness I made it to a tree outside the pool before I threw up). I had to scare a bunch of raccoons out of my tent. They walk right in scavenging for food. And then I had to console a boy who was crying and homesick. He had been added to our campsite to give us an even 10.

"But today (Tuesday), things seem to be much better."

The whole camp experience reminded me of Allan Sherman's song from the '60s. It might be politically incorrect today, but it's hard to forget:

"Hello Muddah, hello Faddah

Here I am at Camp Grenada . . .

I went hiking with Joe Spivey

He developed poison ivy . . .

Take me home, oh Muddah, Faddah

Wait a minute, it's stopped hailing

Guys are swimming, guys are sailing . . .

Muddah, Faddah kindly disregard this letter."

Well, what's summer camp without a little drama. Whether it's summer dance camp, 4-H camp at Rock Eagle, Scout camp or a sports camp, it's all part of a learning experience.

Have fun this summer!

AGE IS JUST A NUMBER

My favorite tweets after 50-year-old Phil Mickelson won the PGA Championship this past Sunday at Kiawah Island to become the oldest player to win a major:

"Something strikes me: 50 is older than 46 . . . well done my friend." -- Jack Nicklaus, who won the Masters at age 46

"Chalk one up for the old boys." -- John Daly

"That's my quarterback." -- Tom Brady

LET THEM EAT

It was great to see that Georgia athletic director Josh Brooks said he's planning 100% capacity for Bulldogs' home opener this fall. That was expected.

What really caught my attention: Brooks told the UGA Athletic Board of Directors this week that the price of five concession items will be reduced by almost 50 percent.

The cost of the concessions -- at least for this season -- will be $2 for bottled water, $2.50 for bottled soft drinks, $2.50 for hot dogs, $2 for candy, and $2 for a small popcorn. A bucket of popcorn will still cost you $5.

That's the way fans should always be treated.

MOVIN' IN

You'll have to forgive me, because we have spent most of this week selling our house in South Carolina and getting everything packed and moved here.

Of course, we'd been living here in Milledgeville and helping my Dad before he passed away in February but had never sold our house.

So we'll soon be official Georgia residents again!

I'll do better next week.

Rick Millians, a 1970 Baldwin High graduate, worked at newspapers in Georgia, Ohio and South Carolina before retiring. Reach him at rdmillians@aol.com.

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